DEADLOCK. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and provincial...

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February 28, 1989

OTTAWA — DEADLOCK. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and provincial premiers failed to break an impasse Monday that would make Quebec a signatory to the country's constitution. ''This is very serious business,'' Mulroney told reporters after a four-hour lunch meeting with nine of Canada's 10 provincial premiers. Quebec had argued the 1981 constitution would limit its ability to further its French language and culture. Mulroney in 1987 reached an agreement, the Meech Lake accord, with all 10 provinces to bring Quebec into the constitution. But since then, new governments in New Brunswick and Manitoba have refused to ratify the accord.